Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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Lead and other metals distribution in local cooking salt from the fofi salt‐ spring in akwana, middle benue trough, Nigeria
(1991)Energy Dispersive X‐ray Fluorescence(EDXRF) technique has been used to determine the concentrations of lead(Pb) and other heavy metals in local cooking salts(LCS) from Akwana village, Middle Benue Trough, Nigeria. The ... -
The impact of pollution on the ecology of the Nairobi-Athi River system in Kenya
(1991)The pollution of the Nairobi-Athi River System is assessed by heavy metal analysis of the river water, industrial effluents, the invertebrate community and the riverine vegetation between Nongara upstream (UP) and 14 falls. ... -
ICT Infrastructure Sharing Framework for Developing Countries: Case of Mobile Operators in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The lack of infrastructure in Africa especially south of the Sahara is widely recognized as one of the continent’s greatest impediments to sustainable development )[(1)]. Even with this challenge, ICT operators in Kenya ... -
Potential of digital geoinfotechs in planning urban community settlements: the case study of Mlolongo settlement, Nairobi –Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-04)This research paper attempts to explore the potential of modern digital Geoinformation technologies (GITs) as alternative tools for spatial mapping, planning and management is compared against ... -
Solid waste dumping site selection using GIS And remote Sensing for Kajiado County, Kenya.
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Evaluation of Kenyan bentonite clay as geothermal well drilling mud
(University of Nairobi, 2015-03)The quest for the development of geothermal plants with capacities up to 10,000 MWe in Kenya has recen tly placed greater demand on bentonite clay. Bentonite clay is at present largely imported into the ... -
Stochastic Methods for Aircraft Design
(1998)The global stochastic optimization method, simulated annealing (SA), was adapted and applied to various problems in aircraft design. The research was aimed at overcoming the problem of finding an optimal design in a space ... -
The Needs-Problem Matrix: Providing Some Order to the Chaotic Ideation Fuzzy Front End
(American Society for Engineering Education, 2007)The fuzzy front end of the ideation process can often be chaotic, disorganized and seemingly haphazard, especially to student novice designers. Presented with a large array of pre-ideation tools and methods that are ... -
High-order additions to platinum-based alloys for high-temperature applications
(University of Nairobi, 2015-03)Platinum-based alloys are being developed with microstructures similar to nickel-based superalloys for potential high-temperature applications in aggressive environments. Since the chemistries of nickel and platinum are ... -
An Inverse Dynamic Model of a Spherical Electrohydraulic Actuator for Use in a Dexterous Mechanical Hand
(1997)The purpose of this article is to develop an inverse dynamic model of a two-degree-of-freedom electrohydraulic actuator. The actuator is to be incorporated at the base of each of three fingers of a nine-degree-of-freedom ... -
Design Information Support Tool (DIST): Its Development and Effectiveness Investigation
(2006)A number of software tools exist to assist the designer during the design process. These include tools for solid modeling of components, programs for simulating complex systems, for generating machining code and so on. ... -
A Compromise Experimental Design Method for Parametric Polynomial Response Surface Approximations
(2006)This study presents a compromise approach to augmentation of experimental designs, necessitated by the expense of performing each experiment (computational or physical), that yields higher quality parametric polynomial ... -
An investigation on industry-sponsored design projects' effectiveness at the first-year level: potential issues and preliminary results
(2006)This paper presents the preliminary work for developing guidelines to ensure that industry-sponsored projects in first-year courses aid, not hamper, retention of students. Specifically, the overall research plan includes ... -
A finite element analysis of the effects of an increasing angle on the tower of Pisa
(2001)The Leaning Tower of Pisa has aroused admiration and curiosity throughout the world for its beauty and unusual lean. This study investigates the effects of increasing lean on the structural integrity of the tower. Employing ...
